I have suddenly been getting a rash of people posting all kinds of wacky comments. I think that I will disable them for a while in the hopes that they go away.
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
Thursday, May 20, 2004
VoIP regulation shelters
So NYS ruled today to regulate Vonage. This means that me and several other NYS Vonage customers will probably find ourselves with slightly higher phone bills in the next few months. But let me toss this morsel out at you - who can be taxed by this?
Do I get taxed if the billing address on my service is in New York state? What if I have phone number with a NYS area code? With Vonage, I can technically live in New Jersey, but have a NYC number, or I can live in NY, and get billed in NY, but actually have a California phone number. Who gets taxed?
In theory it is difficult to trace where exactly on the Internet a call is made from - what if I buy service in New Jersey, but then plug my box into a broadband connection in New York? My phone number and billing address are in NJ, but the calls are being placed from NYC!!!!! I honestly don't think that even if the state were to require Vonage to track it, that they would be able to get an accurate detailed account of where all the calls were being made from.
I wonder how this will play out.
Do I get taxed if the billing address on my service is in New York state? What if I have phone number with a NYS area code? With Vonage, I can technically live in New Jersey, but have a NYC number, or I can live in NY, and get billed in NY, but actually have a California phone number. Who gets taxed?
In theory it is difficult to trace where exactly on the Internet a call is made from - what if I buy service in New Jersey, but then plug my box into a broadband connection in New York? My phone number and billing address are in NJ, but the calls are being placed from NYC!!!!! I honestly don't think that even if the state were to require Vonage to track it, that they would be able to get an accurate detailed account of where all the calls were being made from.
I wonder how this will play out.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Aireo
A company called SoniqCast is apparently putting out an MP3 player that syncs via Wi-Fi, and doesn't need any cables. I am curious to see how well it sells. It is priced at $300 - a little bit on the high-end for a 1.5GB player, but it can also take an SD card for addtional memory as well and boasts and FM tuner.
Interesting, no? I wonder how long it will take before the market is flooded with wi-fi compatible devices.
What would be cool, is if I buy a Pulver's WiSiP phone and I could get it to pre-empt my music when a call came in.
Interesting, no? I wonder how long it will take before the market is flooded with wi-fi compatible devices.
What would be cool, is if I buy a Pulver's WiSiP phone and I could get it to pre-empt my music when a call came in.
Monday, May 17, 2004
Blog Spam
I like having comments open on my blog. I think that it's a great idea, and fosters the natural development of discussion. Granted, I don't get that many visitors or commentors, but I noticed a troubling phenomenon.
Over the past few days, I have had porn site operators link my site to theirs by posting in the comments. Not only do I find this annoying, but it may also somehow cause my site to be associated with pornography by google, or other search engines and/or content filters. I guess because of the proliferation of anti-spam software, blogs are the next spam targets.
Oh well.
Over the past few days, I have had porn site operators link my site to theirs by posting in the comments. Not only do I find this annoying, but it may also somehow cause my site to be associated with pornography by google, or other search engines and/or content filters. I guess because of the proliferation of anti-spam software, blogs are the next spam targets.
Oh well.
Friday, May 14, 2004
Liking the new Printer
After finally getting to print pictures on my 'all-in-one', thinking that if I used the right paper I would get pictures that looked as if they had truly come from a photo lab.
Apparently this was not the case, so I went to best buy and exchanged it for another model - the Epson RX500 Photo All-in-one. The difference is dramatic. It's amazing to think that if one of those Fotomat drive-by huts still existed, they could probably do all of the processing there itself.
Apparently this was not the case, so I went to best buy and exchanged it for another model - the Epson RX500 Photo All-in-one. The difference is dramatic. It's amazing to think that if one of those Fotomat drive-by huts still existed, they could probably do all of the processing there itself.
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